(b) That the terms of the mandates article should be as follows:-
The high contracting parties agree that Syria and Mesopotamia shall. in accordance with the fourth paragraph of Article 22, Part I (Covenant of the League of Nations), be provisionally recognised as independent States. subject to the rendering of administrative advice and assistance by a Mandatory until such time as they are able to stand alone. The boundaries of the said States will be determined, and the selection of the mandatories made, by the Principal Allied Powen:
The high contracting parties agree to entrust; by application of the provisions of article 22, the administration of Palestine, within such boundaries as may be determined by the
Principal Allied Power~ to a mandatory, to be selected by the said Powers. The mandatory will be responsible for putting into effect the declaration originally made on the 8th [2nd} November. 1917, by the British Government. and adopted by the other Allied Powers, in favour of the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.le, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing nonJewish communities in Palestine; or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country:-